Berlin Central School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Berlin, NY)

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As 11s30 approached Friday morning, April 11, the Seniors hurriedly climbed aboard Bus Fe. 11. In a few minutes we would be on our way to Albany and then the big city. As we looked to the windows we were pleasantly surprised to see the members of B.C.S. bidding us farewell. We arrived in Albany about 12:45 giving us 45 minutes until our bus left for Few York. • At approximately Is 30 in the afternoon fifteen Seniors and their two Chaperones, Miss Emily Wager and Mr. Harold Hotaling, left Albany for New York City. About half way there our bus broke down but we still managed to reach our destination, the Hotel Belvedere, at 6:40--------five minutes early. After getting settled in our rooms, we went to the Automat for dinner and from there started our orientation of Broadway. It is not yet determined how Bill, Steve, and Walt became separated from our group, but nevertheless they did. After a short visit to Rockerfeller Plaza where we sufficiently froze while watching the skaters, we spent the rest of the evening at the Roxy Theatre where we saw the Easter Shew and the movie With a Song in My Heart. We arrived baok at the Hotel to find that our three missing olass- mates had returned a couple hours before. Saturday was mostly occupied with our all-day tour, which included the Empire State Observatory, the Cathedral of St. John the Devine, a tour of Fifth Avenue up to Riverside Church followed by lunoh at Radio City's Down Under Restaurant. After lunch was our boat ride and visit to the Statue of Liberty—how many hundreds of steps did we count??? Next we rode through Harlem and the Bowery and stopped at Chinatown, where we visited the Chinese Temple and the gift shop where we purchased souvenirs. Our tour ended with a visit to NBC Radio and Television Studios, where we were greatly impressed by seeing Fred, Steve, Bill, and Walt on Television. At this time Walt favored us with his rendition of Without a Song. Saturday night a group of five went to the Word of Life Radio Show at Carnegie Hall While all of the others ate dinner. Later the entire group met to attent the Lyrio Theatre where we saw Quo Vadis. When Sunday morning rolled around the Seniors, with the exception of five sleepy mles, attended Church; some going to St. Patricks and the rest to Calvary Baptist. After Church, we somehow managed to make our way up dnd down Fifth Avenue in the Easter Parade. Then came the big occasion, of hav- ing dinner at the famous Jack Dempsey's Restaurant, where we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. While we were here several groups had their pictures taken at their tables. We concluded the day with a visit to the circus at Madison Square Garden which was just across the street from our hotel. Thi6 was a lucky break for us because it was pouring rain when we got out of the show. After waiting in line about two hours on Monday w finally acquired Beats to the Easter Pagent at Radio City, which was really a beautiful sight. We also saw the movie, Singing in the Rain. From there, the girls had lunch and went to the Hayden Planitarium where we just missed the 4 O'clock show.

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On the nights of February 6th and 7th the Senior Thespians presented the play, Everything Happens To Us , by Robert St. Clair. June Vreeland and Bill Moses were convincing in their parts as Mr. and Mrs. Ross. Their sons were portrayed by Walt Zwinge, Fred Humphrey and Barry McCumber. The love interest of the play was provided by Gayle Croxson, Rosemarie Griswold and Luella Yerden. Barbara Merrills, Steve Wilcox, Robert Kroboth and Almira Maynard were excellent in character parts. Scenery was constructed and painted by Victor Lecce and Tommy MaeVei i. Lights were expertly handled by Robert Soles. Patty Lewis and Irene LeBarron were in charge of costumes and properties. Elsie lives handled publicity and tickets. Steve Wilcox, Bill Moses and Victor Lecce did a fine job of handling the sound effects. With the able direction of Mr. Harold Hotaling, assisted by Mrs. Jeanette Miller, the play was very successful

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so we spent forty minutes wandering around the Museum of Natural History until closing time. The boys took a tour of ew York City ir the subway, going two hundred blocks or approximately fourteen mixes. ..oncay night the girls attended a play, The Moon is Blue at Miller's Theatre, while the boys went window shopuin . We endec our last evening with a party consist- ing of soda, cookies, and potato chips. Incidentally, Tonmy had his hair put up in pin curls. Tuesday morning the rzirls and some of the boys went 'on a shopping spree on Fifth Avenue while the rest went to the Museum of Natural History e.nC took some more subway rides. A few of the boys really became extravagant with the purchase of watches, rings, and even suitcases. The girls confined themselves to less expensive items such as hatpins, scarves, shoes and similar items. We left the hotel shortly after n-on, leaving the bright lights and excitement behind us. Speaking of excitement, we got quite a kick out of Rose shortly after we arrived at the hotel. It seems that some of the circus performers were guests at the hotel-—a few of these being the fat lady, a 9 3 giant and some midgets. 'When Rose opened the door leading to the stairs, she met a midget and you should have heard the scream that penetrated the third floor. Ask Emily---she was with her. With ail the excitement and aotivities of ev; York we all became tired out. This was evident as we boarded our Greyhound Bus to Albany as we all fell asleep. After one stop for refreshments at Highland, New York we arrived in Albany at 5:45. Shortly after arriving at Albany Marguerite was waiting with Bus No. 11. Suddenly everyone's spirits were revised and we sang most of the way home. In conclusion, as a warning to next year's Senior class we might say that the three expressions most frequently heard throughout the trip were, I'm Tired, I'm Hungry, and my feet hurt I